Aaeon d



(No Model.) r

A. D. PEGK.

WHEBLBARROW.

No. 255,662. Patented Mar. 28,1882.

WITNESSES: N\/ENTDR= ":3 T- M sway. a

-/WM4MA UNITED STATES ATENT i -Erica.

AARON D. PEGK, OF JORDAN, NEW YORK.

WHEELBARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,662, dated March 28,1582.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON D. PEoK, of Jordan, in thecountyof Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wheelbarrows, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of wheelbarrows in which the constituent parts are united by means of bolts for the purpose of rendering the same capable of being readily taken apart and conveniently packed for transportation.

Theinvention consists in improved means for supporting the barrow when erected for use, as hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure lis a side elevation of myimproved. wheelbarrow, and Fig.2 is a ansverse section of the same on line as as.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

H denotes the handles of the barrow, having journaled to their forward end the wheel Win the usual manner. T is the tray mounted on said handles. At or near midway the length of the tray the handle 11 has bolted to its side a leg, A,which is disposed at right angles from the handle and shouldered against the under side thereof, so as to properly support the same, as best seen in Fig. 2 ol' the drawings. Against the front of the two legs is placed a cross-bar, c, and against the opposite v side of said cross-bar is fitted the foot of the brace a. A bolt, 2", passing through the brace a, cross-bar c, and leg A, firmly unites said parts. The brace a is extended obliquely upward across the handle and front end board, d, of the tray, and is bolted to the side of the former. The portion ofthe brace a. above the handle supports the forward end of the tray,

which is secured thereto by a bolt passing through the end board d and brace a, as shown.

a is a brace bolted to the side of the foot of the leg A, and extended obliquely rearward acrossthe handle H, to the side of which it is secured by a bolt, f. The extremity of the Application filed January 20, 1882.

(No model.)

brace rests against the rear end board, d,whicl1 is secured thereto by means of a bolt passing through said parts.

In order to facilitate the fitting of the tray to the barrow, I provide the handle H with a series of horizontal transverse holes, a a, for the reception of the bolt], as shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

The bolting of the brace a to the side of the leg A allows said brace to be swung rearward or forward, as may be required, to fit the upper end thereof against the rear end of the tray.

Having described niyinventioinwhat Iclailn 1s 1. In combination with the handles H and tray T, mounted thereon, the leg A, disposed at right angles from the handle and shouldered against the under side thereof and bolted on the side of the same, the cross-bar 0, applied to the front of the foot of the legs, the brace a, bolted onto the side of the handle, and havingits upper extremity bearingagainst and bolted to the front end board, d, and its lower extremity resting against and secured to the cross-bar c by the bolt e, passing through-the said parts and through the leg A, and the brace a, bolted to the side of the leg .A, and having its upper end bolted to the side of the handle H and to the rear end board, d, substantially as described and shown.

2. The combination, with the handles H, tray T, leg A, cross-bar 0, and brace (1, arranged as deseribed, of the brace a, bolted to the side of the foot of the leg A, and having its upper end resting against the rear end board, d, and adjustably connected to the handle H by a bolt, f, passing through said brace and through one of a series of holes, at n, in the handle, all substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto signed my name and atiixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State ofNewYork, this 13th day of January, 1882.

AARON D. PEOK. [.L. s.]

Witnesses:

O. H. DUELL,

WM. 0. RAYMOND. 

